The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, November 9, 1994            TAG: 9411090236
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

VIRGINIA S. WILLIAMS

Mrs. Virginia Sexton Williams, 73, of the 700 block of New Jersey Ave., a homemaker, died Nov. 7, 1994, in her home.

Mrs. Williams was born in Norfolk. She was a member of Episcopal Church of the Ascension and the Elizabeth Chapter 45, Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include her husband, Melvin B. Williams of Norfolk; a daughter, Janet Williams McManus of Portsmouth; four sisters, Ethel Milton Christian of Norfolk, Frances McFarland of Virginia Beach, Margaret Killingsworth of Taft, Calif., and Elizabeth ``Betty'' Sexton Harrington of Fredericksburg, Va.; a brother, George L. Sexton of Miami, Fla.; and a granddaughter, April Mary McManus of Portsmouth.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Episcopal Church of the Ascension by the Rev. Mark Delcuze. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, today from 7 to 9 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2730 Ellsmere Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23513.

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